Props and Costume

The props we used in the music video were a knife which represents the whole narrative that we are sending out to the audience about gun and knife crime. The knife being shown in the music video helps the audience to realize what the video is about; in one of the scenes we show the main protagonist is looking at the knife he is going to use to kill someone. The message we are sending out is to stop gun and knife crime, we didn’t use a gun in the music video because the group felt a knife is used more in these situations and is easier to get a hold of. The protagonists in the music video had to wear cloths that represent the genre we are sending out which is grime, the costumes used in the video are hoodies and tracksuits which is a stereotype of someone who is involved in gun and knife crime, in the music video we also use a news reporter who is wearing a suit who is rapping to the lyrics of the song this shows the audience the seriousness of the situation of gun and knife crime. All the props and costumes we use in the music video symbolize something about the story of the music video and what we are sending out to the audience.